Leroy Popowski
Optometrist · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1881673978
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.0% of the total across 99 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Coopervision Inc. at 26.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,371, 2.3 times the $585 reported in 2019. Among optometrist clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 99 payments — averaging $45.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coopervision Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.$1K
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$333
- Optos, Inc.$279
- Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$268
- AbbVie$205
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,21893%
- Gifts$391%
- Entertainment$2796%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Coopervision Inc. | 21 | $1,215 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 51 | $1,192 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 5 | $333 |
| Optos, Inc. | 3 | $279 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $268 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $205 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 3 | $191 |
| Alcon | 2 | $146 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $109 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 2 | $39 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- PANORAMIC OPHTHALMOSCOPE$505
- OCT OPHTHALMOSCOPE$505
- Clariti Contact Lens$347
- NFC-700$252
- EYSUVIS$247
- XIIDRA$235
- MiSight Contact Lens$233
- MyDay Contact Lens$211
- TRYPTYR$128
- MIEBO$126
- Rocklatan$124
- Rhopressa$124
- INVELTYS$123
- EYLEA$120
- XDEMVY$119
- Acuvue$114
- VUITY$111
How this compares
$4,536 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,025 optometrist providers in Colorado.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Latanoprost | 81 | $770 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other optometrist in Colorado Springs
- Justin ManningColorado Springs$13K
- Melissa TadaColorado Springs$9K
- Reed BroColorado Springs$8K
- Minon MitchellColorado Springs$8K
- Ryan BauerColorado Springs$6K
- Shane FrerichsColorado Springs$5K
- Cecelia KoettingAurora$458K
- Kaleb AbbottAurora$145K
- Joshua OlsonBoulder$80K
- Felicia PopowskiFt Carson$80K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.